I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know.

  • -- James Earl Jones 詹姆斯·厄尔·琼斯

我是我祖父母的养子,我不知道该如何表达我的感激之情,因为我的父母会把事情弄得一团糟。

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And yes, the Homesteaders, including my grandparents who left behind almost nothing, and arrived in Montana with nothing but the clothes on their back, high hopes, faith in God and dreaming of the future.

是的,包括我的祖父母在内,他们几乎什么也没留下,来到蒙大拿时,身上只穿着衣服,满怀希望,信仰上帝,梦想着未来。

I'm a woman who eventually will get married and have kids - adopted at this point - but I see myself with a family and less time to commit to wanting to be a lead character.

我是一个最终会结婚生子的女人——在这一点上我是被收养的——但我看到自己和家人在一起,没有那么多的时间来致力于成为主角。

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when age finally stirs their curiosity, there is no parent left to tell them.

孩子们在成为父母之前很少想知道他们的父母是谁,当年龄最终激起他们的好奇心时,没有父母能告诉他们。

Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.

感恩是买不到的东西之一。它必须是人类与生俱来的,否则世界上所有的义务都无法创造它。

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.

制服有助于兄弟情谊,因为当它被普遍采用时,它掩盖了阶级和国家的所有差异。

It's our job - as parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles - to find books our kids are going to like.

作为父母、祖父母、阿姨、叔叔,我们的工作就是找到孩子们会喜欢的书。

Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.

有些人习惯了父母为他们做事,我不习惯。我自己能做。

Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it.

也许唯一比不断地给予感激更糟糕的事情是不得不接受它。